Transfer printing apparatus with dispersion medium removal member
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsKatsumori Takei, Tsuyoshi Kitahara, Takahiro Katakura, Toshihisa Saruta, Toshio Kumagai, Tohru Fukushima
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Abstract
A transfer printing apparatus in which a recording image is written by ink drops ejected from an ink jet recording head onto a transfer drum. The ejected ink includes a dispersion medium and coloring material. The apparatus includes a dispersion absorbing member which absorbs the dispersion medium of the ink from the drum without removing the coloring material and which does not contact the transfer medium. The absorption is provided by an absorbing material, by a blower which provides suction, or a combination of both.
Claims14
A transfer printing apparatus comprising:
- recording image writing means for writing an image, by projecting liquid ink including a dispersion medium and a coloring material, corresponding to recording information;
- a recording image transfer medium disposed proximately to said writing means so as to receive directly from said recording image writing means said ink and transfer said image onto a recording medium;
- a moving unit for moving said recording image transfer medium with respect to said writing means;
- dispersion medium absorption means for removing by absorption said dispersion medium from said ink received on said recording image transfer medium without removing is said coloring material, said dispersion medium absorption means being disposed in a downstream direction of movement of said recording image transfer medium with respect to said writing means, and adjacent to said writing means, wherein said dispersion medium absorption means does not contact said recording image transfer medium;
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- recording image fixing means for forcedly pressing the recording medium against said recording image transfer medium, said fixing means being disposed at a position which is in a downstream direction with respect to said dispersion medium absorption means.
A transfer printing apparatus comprising:
- means for writing an image, corresponding to recording information, by projecting liquid ink including a dispersion medium and a coloring material;
- a recording image transfer medium receiving, directly from said means for writing an image, said projected liquid ink corresponding to said image written by said means for writing an image;
- means, disposed adjacent to said writing means, for removing by absorption said dispersion medium from the ink in said image without removing said coloring material, wherein said means disposed adjacent to said writing means does not contact said recording image transfer medium;
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- means for transferring said ink in said recording image with the dispersion medium removed therefrom to a recording medium.
A transfer printing apparatus comprising:
- recording image writing means for writing an image, by projecting liquid ink including a dispersion medium and a coloring material, corresponding to recording information;
- a recording image transfer medium disposed proximately to said writing means so as to receive directly from said recording image writing means said ink as a dot and transferring said image onto a recording medium;
- a moving unit for moving said recording image transfer medium with respect to said writing means;
- dispersion medium absorption means for removing by absorption said dispersion medium from said ink received on said recording image transfer medium without removing said coloring material, said dispersion medium absorption means being disposed in a downstream direction of movement of said recording image transfer medium with respect to said writing means, and adjacent to said writing means, wherein said dispersion medium absorption means does not contact said recording image transfer medium;
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- recording image fixing means for forcedly pressing the recording medium against said recording image transfer medium, said fixing means being disposed at a position which is in a downstream direction with respect to said dispersion medium absorption means.
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